Top news of the week: 03.03.2022.
Future Of News & Journalism
Let’s strengthen local reporting by 50,000 new journalists.
<p>This is the second of a two-part post; read part one here. IN 2004, THE NUMBER OF NEWSPAPER newsroom staff topped 71,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since then, it has ...
Local newsrooms strained by budget-slashing financial firms
Newsrooms in U.S. cities were already suffering a declining audience and lost revenue to Facebook and Google, now some face takeover from opportunistic hedge funds. Jon Wertheim reports.
The antisemitism animating Putin’s claim to ‘denazify’ Ukraine
The Russian leader’s pretext for invasion recasts Ukraine’s Jewish president as a Nazi and Russian Christians as true victims of the Holocaust
Bankman-Fried Family Donates $5 Million to ProPublica
Grant will support reporting on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.
The Assembly takes a bold step
The Assembly, the digital magazine founded a year ago by Kyle Villemain to focus attention on power in North Carolina, to deliver nuanced, longform reporting and to “go deep on …
Inside Russian Journalists’ Fight Against Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
Russian journalists fighting back against the war in Ukraine—by signing open letters or attending anti-war protests—are already being punished.
Facebook has stopped recommending Russian state media globally
A sharp escalation after Russia started throttling Facebook access.
Resources for Ukraine/Russia coverage, remembering an adviser and a lead masterclass
If you’ve got Ukrainian or Russian students on campus, now’s the time to interview them about their experiences